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词组 have egg on your face
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Idiom
have egg on your facehave egg on (your) face
informal to seem stupid because of something you have done.
You'll be the one who has egg on your face if it goes wrong.
idiomhave egg on your face(also have egg all over your face)to be embarrassed or seem silly because of something that you said or did:The President has egg all over his face from an incident at the press conference yesterday.I've been buying bonds for 40 years, but I recently lost $25,000 in phony ones - I still have egg on my face.
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have egg on (one's) face

To be suffering embarrassment as a result of some public failure or faux pas. I was so nervous that I said the wrong name during the wedding ceremony. Boy, do I have egg on my face now! The CEO really had egg on his face after he went on stage to demonstrate the new product and couldn't get it to work.

have egg on one's face

Fig. to be embarrassed by something one has done. (As if one went out in public with a dirty face.) I was completely wrong, and now I have egg on my face. She's really got egg on her face!

egg on one's face, have

Look foolish or be embarrassed, as in If you ask any more personal questions, you'll end up with egg on your face. This expression possibly alludes to dissatisfied audiences pelting performers with raw eggs. [Colloquial; mid-1900s]

have egg on one’s face

tv. to be embarrassed by something one has done. (As if one went out in public with a dirty face. Have got can replace have.) She’s really got egg on her face!
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